[Hosea Stout Diary] Thursday Sep 2nd 1847. Sent 6 men out on guard[.] This morning Councillor Phineas Eichards came to me & wanted an ox arrested belonging to Henry Boly for damages done by him in his garden & I sent Meeks & Gardner who took the ox but were followed by Boly & his son who attempted rescue the ox by violence, which caused quite an uproar in the Town. When they came in a violent menacing way, Gardner and Meeks drew a pistol and presented it to them and notified them to stand back and if anything was wrong to go to the Council.
The pistol stoped them & Young Boley swore he would shoot them for it.
The ox was brought to the stray pen & the report to me whereupon a charge was laid in against young Boly before Bishop Calkins for threatning to shoot & myself & Gardner & Meeks sent to arrest him. He had gone to the prairie for hay & we over took him about 4 miles below here. He utterly refused to come back till night at first but at last did come.& the trial was put off till 7 oclock P. M. & he released till then by the Bishop & we prepared for trial in the mean time
At 7 oclock we went to the trial and after a full investigation & a long and an interresting speach from the Bishop the charge was declared to be sustained & Boly fined five dollars. Boly manifested a very bad spirit after the trial. We had a hard rain during the trial which lasted till about Eleven oclock.
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
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